Keith Blakely
CEO of NanoMech

Keith Blakely is a serial entrepreneur, having started his first company, Advanced Refractory Technologies, Inc. (ART), in Buffalo, NY in 1981 at the age of 24 after spending four years at the Carborundum Company in Niagara Falls, NY. For the next twenty years, he served as ART’s Chairman, President & CEO, overseeing its growth from a 2 person operation to over 300 people with two international joint ventures and three domestic facilities. During his tenure, he established relationships with General Motors, Bekaert, Mitsubishi, Westinghouse, McDermott International, United Defense, and many others. The company was recognized as a worldwide leader in advanced materials when it was acquired by a subsidiary of Tyco International in June, 2001. Following the sale of ART, Mr. Blakely established a technology management consulting organization – The InVentures Group – which provides technology assessments, business planning, and technology commercialization to organizations on a global basis. In that capacity, Blakely served as the COO of a NASDAQ listed fuel cell company headquartered in NYC and the CEO of a privately-held nanomaterials company based in St. Louis, MO. He also founded and serves as Chairman of First Wave Technologies, Inc., an organization dedicated to the commercialization of innovative products and technologies developed in upstate NY. In 2002, Blakely started NanoDynamics, Inc., a leader in the commercialization of nanomaterials and nanotechnology-enabled components and systems. He served as its CEO until 2009, overseeing the development and commercial launch of disruptive new products for the energy, environmental, and infrastructure markets. Mr. Blakely, who was elected a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society in 2001, has significant board-level experience and has served on the boards of several public and private organizations, including the Buffalo-Niagara International Trade Council, the Western New York Technology Development Corporation, and the Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation. He is a two time winner of Research and Development Magazines “IR-100” award for the 100 most technologically significant new products, holds several US patents, was profiled in Figaro magazine, has appeared on CNBC’s Squawkbox business program, and is the author of numerous technical and business articles. In 2007, he was named Business Leader of the Year by Small Times Magazine.

THE HONORABLE KELLY H. CARNES
President and Chief Executive Officer, TechVision21

Kelly Carnes is an entrepreneur, and nationally recognized technology policy expert and thought leader. She has served the high tech industry for over 20 years, holding leadership positions in technology business, law and government.

She is President and CEO of TechVision21, a Washington, DC-based technology strategy firm. TechVision21 leverages technology, business and government expertise to help companies: pinpoint and secure research and technology funding; forge critical alliances with business and government leaders; and promote and protect their interests in Washington. TechVision21 clients include global companies, leading U.S. research universities, government, and science and technology non-profit organizations.

Before founding TechVision21, Ms. Carnes served eight years at the highest levels of the U.S. government, working first as an aide to then First Lady Hillary Clinton, and later, as a senior technology policy advisor to four Secretaries of Commerce. Most recently, Ms. Carnes served four years as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy. As a Presidential appointee, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Ms. Carnes represented the Administration before Congress, and was a liaison to, and advocate for, the technology business community. Ms. Carnes also represented the United States in negotiations with foreign governments, and in multi-lateral fora, including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Ms. Carnes also provided strategic direction and management oversight for a large Federal agency; spearheaded sophisticated, highly-leveraged public-private partnerships to promote technological innovation; and led numerous Presidential and Cabinet-level technology initiatives. Private sector partners—including Warner Brothers, Scientific American, the National Association of Manufacturers, and DeVry University—invested $50+ for every Federal dollar invested in these ventures.

Ms. Carnes served as a key point person on numerous high profile issues affecting technology businesses, including regulation of E-commerce, H-1(b) visas, the R&D tax credit, securities litigation reform, financial accounting standards, and the high tech work force shortage. She also helped lead the Administration’s efforts to increase the representation of women and minorities in the nation’s technology work force.

Ms. Carnes directed several Presidential-level technology programs and initiatives, including the National Medal of Technology, America’s highest award for technological innovation. She also created GetTech, an award winning national public awareness and information campaign to encourage teens to pursue technology careers. GetTech features celebrity endorsements, radio and television public service announcements, and an interactive web site. GetTech ads have been broadcast more than 45,000 times, and have reached students in 14,000 public middle schools.

Ms. Carnes is known as a dynamic speaker and forceful advocate for industry on technology and competitiveness issues. She is a frequent keynote speaker at technology and business conferences around the nation, and has been widely quoted in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, CNN.com, Business Week.com, Information Week, CIO Magazine and The National Journal. She has been a featured guest on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation, and appeared on television and radio broadcasts nationwide.

Ms. Carnes has served on numerous Boards and Commissions, including the Comptroller General’s Advisory Board (Government Accountability Office), a National Governors’ Association Commission on Technology and Adult Education, the Steering Committee for the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology (the “Morella Commission”), and a National Academy of Science Guidance Group on Government-University-Industry Technology Partnerships. Ms. Carnes also has served as an advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and BEST: Building Engineering and Science Talent. In 2000, Ms. Carnes was selected by the Center for the Study of the Presidency to join an elite group of experts making recommendations to President Bush on improving the federal government’s ability to develop technology and competitiveness policy.

Ms. Carnes previously enjoyed a highly successful technology business career. As an attorney at a top national law firm, Ms. Carnes structured and negotiated more than $1 billion in technology business transactions. These included joint ventures and strategic alliances, venture capital transactions, technology development, licensing and marketing agreements, systems integration projects, and large-scale computer outsourcing transactions.

Ms. Carnes graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She also graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law School, where she served as Topics Editor for the Georgetown Law Journal.

JAMES HUSSEY
Chief Executive Officer, NanoInk

James M. Hussey joined NanoInk, as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, in January 2008. Mr. Hussey brings 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry as executive, founder, investor and consultant to senior management and boards of directors. Prior to joining NanoInk, Mr. Hussey was with Ovation Pharmaceuticals, where he was a member of the senior operating committee, serving as Head of Alliances and Vice President of Corporate Development. He was President and CEO of NeoPharm, Inc., as well as a member of the Board of Directors and an investor/shareholder. In 1994, he founded Physicians Quality Care, a health care services IPA Management Company, which was sold to a public company in 1998. Prior to founding Physicians Quality Care, he was with Bristol Myers Squibb in Princeton, New Jersey, serving as General Manager as well as other positions in marketing, new business development and sales. Mr. Hussey holds a B.S. in Pharmacy from Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, and an M.B.A. from University of Illinois at Chicago.

SCOTT B. LIVINGSTON
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Livingston Securities LLC

Mr. Livingston has been working on emerging technologies at Wall Street firms for over 18 years and has specialized in nanotechnologies since 2002. Mr. Livingston has been called "sharp and highly connected" by the Forbes Wolfe Nanotechnology Report (July 1, 2005) and has been a keynote speaker on advanced technology investment trends at MIT, the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), the Nanobusiness Alliance, Brookhaven National Labs, Rice University Center for Nanotechnology, the Lawrence Berkeley Labs, Albany Nanotech, Hillary Clinton's Jobs for New York, the US Congress Nanotechnology Caucus and the US Congress High Tech Caucus, and at conferences on economic development and job creation through investment in advanced technologies in over a dozen states across America. In addition, Mr. Livingston is also the creator of the annual "Livingston Nanotechnology Conference," Wall Street's largest annual nanotechnology investor conference since 2005.

From 2005 to 2009 Mr. Livingston was a Managing Director at Axiom Capital Management, Inc, and head of the Livingston Group, a division within Axiom focused on nanotechnology. From 2000 to 2005 Mr. Livingston was a Director in the Private Investment Management Division at Lehman Brothers. While at Lehman in 2002, Mr. Livingston began his focus on nanotechnology and started to cover the field for institutional and individual investors. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Livingston served as a Director in the Private Client Group at Cowen & Co (later renamed SG Cowen Securities), where he was a member of the Chairman's Club from 1998 to 2000 the firm's highest honor for private client management. While at Cowen, Mr. Livingston focused on emerging technology trends, including genomics, Y2K preparedness and defense technologies. From 1993 to 1996 Mr. Livingston was a Senior Vice President in the Private Client Group at Smith Barney Inc. Mr. Livingston was named a Senior Vice President in 1993, at the age of 24, one of the youngest appointees for the firm at that time. While at Smith Barney Mr. Livingston focused on emerging technology trends, including biotechnology, data networking and telecommunications services. From 1992 to 1993 Mr. Livingston was a Vice President at Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. Smith Barney Inc. acquired Shearson Lehman Hutton in March of 1993. From 1989 to 1992 Mr. Livingston was an investment representative with Citigroup Global Markets.

Mr. Livingston graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in International Economic Relations. Mr. Livingston is a Board Member of the Nanobusiness Alliance and a founding Board Member of the New York Nanobusiness Alliance. Mr. Livingston is also a founding member of the Water Innovations Alliance. Mr. Livingston sits on the Board of the Dolan DNA Learning Center of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the NanoEthics Group. Mr. Livingston's registrations include Series 4, 7, 24, 53, 55, 63 and 65.

JOEL SERFACE
Serface Ventures

Joel Serface is a seventh-generation Texan who, after starting his career in the Texas energy and policy arena, made a round-trip of the leading technology (and cleantech) communities including Boston, Silicon Valley, Austin, and currently Boulder, Colorado. In the process, Joel became one of the early cleantech voices, investors, community-builders, and policy-supporters.

Over the past 11 years, Joel has created or funded more than 20 cleantech companies, non-profits, and policy organizations. Most recently, Joel served as the first Entrepreneur in Residence at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Joel previously headed renewable energy efforts at the Austin Clean Energy Incubator, Eastman Ventures, and Sierra Ventures.

Joel is currently focused on building start-ups, advising companies, and supporting policies that will massively scale energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment. His personal passion is helping close the energy financing and philosophical gaps between Silicon Valley and Texas.

Joel serves on the boards of the Clean Economy Network, the CleanTX Foundation, and the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association where he also served as Policy Director for the 2010 legislative session. Joel also serves on advisory committees for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Joel has previously founded the Pecan Street Project, the nation’s first SmartGrid 2.0 test implementation supported by the Department of Energy, served on the California Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nanotechnology, the board of the California Nanosystems Institute, a joint research program between UCLA and UCSB, and founding board member of the MIT Club of Northern California’s Cleantech Speaker Series which yielded the California Cleantech Open.

Joel received his B.S. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management where he was the recipient of the first Patrick McGovern Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership for starting the first MIT Venture Capital Conference.

PETER MCLAUGHLIN
Author, Motivational Speaker & Communications Expert

Peter is an author and corporate communications consultant. He will speak about communications challenges facing the nanotechnology community. He has developed a toolbox of great ideas both ancient and new to help people and companies move through the maze of 21st century challenges and opportunities. Peter McLaughlin’s mission in life is to help people maximize their productivity and quality of life. A poll conducted among top corporations named Peter McLaughlin, along with Tom Peters and Peter Drucker, as one of the best business speakers in the nation. (Source: Journal of Business Strategy)

Peter is author of the book CatchFire: A 7-Step Program to Ignite Energy, Defuse Stress, and PowerBoost Your Performance, and co-author of the book Mentally Tough: The Principles of Winning at Sports Applied to Winning in Business. “Peter McLaughlin was simply fantastic. His program has spurred dramatic improvements in the personal and professional lives of everyone who attended.” — Marie Amoruso, Director of Planning. Apple Computer

“Thanks for the fine job you did as keynote speaker for our Symposium. Your message was right on target and entertaining. We have received many favorable comments…I would like to continue to work with you to ensure that we follow up with a systematic program…Thanks again for helping us make this the most successful Symposium ever.” — William Slavin, Vice President, IBM Global Services

“I have now received all of the feedback from your speech…and Peter McLaughlin got RAVE REVIEWS! ...Thanks again and I look forward to getting you back in front of my team.” — James F. Flaherty, Managing Director of Investment Banking, Merrill Lynch

“THANKS! I read your book, CatchFire, a few months ago and was so taken by it I arranged the class you taught to my Intel team a few weeks back. Just wanted to drop a note of thanks to you and your team, everyone here is still raving about the class and the continued impact it has had on their lives.” — Channel Marketing Manager, Intel

“I definitely have seen performance improvement both for myself and for people here at Trial Lawyers of America. We’re big fans of Peter McLaughlin.” — Tom Henderson, President, Association of Trial Lawyers of America

“Your presentation contributed significantly toward the success of our convention, and we gratefully acknowledge the time and energy you devoted in developing it. The feedback from your session has been just great!...We cannot tell you the number of people who convey to us afterwards how much they always enjoy hearing you speak.”
— Mike Reagan, Vice President, RE/MAX

RAY STULTS
Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Sciences, NREL

Ray Stults is the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Sciences at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. Dr. Stults is responsible for the fundamental research at NREL including: chemistry, biology, physics, scientific computing and materials science. He is the program manager for research at NREL sponsored by DOE’s Office of Science and he leads NREL’s expansion of basic research programs that underpin NREL’s applied research in solar, biomass, wind, buildings, and transportation. Dr. Stults develops and maintains effective business relationships with government and industry and works with NREL management and staff to maintain and strengthen established research programs in addition to developing new programs that meet U.S. energy demands.

Dr. Stults has more than thirty years of experience in conducting and managing research in industry and at four DOE National Laboratories. He received a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Nebraska in 1974 and completed a two-year post doctoral assignment at Texas A&M University under Professor F. A. Cotton. Joining the Central Research Laboratories of Monsanto Company in 1976, he advanced to the position of Monsanto Fellow before joining Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in 1986. Over his fifteen years at PNNL, Dr. Stults held several management positions and was a leader in the design and construction of a $230M national user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences laboratory (EMSL). Ray joined the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory as Associate Director for Science in 2000; transferred to Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2003 as Director for Office of Science Programs; and, assumed his NREL position in April of 2005.

A hallmark of Dr. Stults’ career has been the development and utilization of DOE national user facilities. In 1980, he began conducting research at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) was instrumental in the justification and construction of specialized beam-lines for environmental research at both the SSRL and Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source (APS). He led the development of PNNL’s proposal to DOE that resulted in the construction of the EMSL; he was instrumental in developing the capture strategy for Battelle’s winning proposal to manage and operate the Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and, he most recently led the effort to construct a new nano-scale science center at Los Alamos.

Anita Balachandra
Vice President Business Development, iTi Solar

For over 15 years, Ms. Balachandra has been immersed in Federal and state policies that influence technology development, commercialization and deployment. Most recently her work has focused on nanotechnology research and development for military and commercial applications, and the development of renewable energy technologies. Ms. Balachandra has also worked to educate Federal policymakers on nano environmental, health and safety (EH&S) issues and the specific concerns of small businesses. Ms. Balachandra previously worked for the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), where she served as a liaison between the small business community in Maryland and the Federal laboratories located in that state. Ms. Balachandra worked closely with Federal laboratories to showcase cutting-edge research as well as technology licensing opportunities. She also worked with small technology-based businesses, including start-ups, to identify appropriate Federal laboratory resources, research collaborators, state and Federal funding sources and business assistance, such as incubator space. Prior to her work for the State of Maryland, Ms. Balachandra worked for several years at the U.S. Department of Commerce on a variety of technology policy issues, including state and local programs to support technology-based economic development, technology infrastructure issues, regulatory obstacles to technology development, and trade issues. Her responsibilities included analyzing Federal technology programs for the purpose of recommending appropriate treatment under the WTO Subsidies Code and analyzing particular industries for the purpose of recommending Departmental action on pending legislation. She developed and managed a grants program to support state and local efforts to promote technology-intensive companies. She also spearheaded the development of the State Science & Technology Indicators, a tool for gauging state technology infrastructure. Ms. Balachandra holds a BA in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master?s in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University.

Karen Buechler, PhD
Founder, President and CTO of ALD NanoSolutions

Dr. Buechler is a domain expert in Fluid Bed Processing and Materials Science. As founder, President and CTO of ALD NanoSolutions she develops and implements strategies to commercialize the novel Particle ALD and Polymer ALD coating technologies. She and her partners built ALD NanoSolutions by raising more than $7M in SBIR/STTR funding and more than $3M in commercially funded product development projects. She is a former Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering at CU-Boulder where she was instrumental in developing and patenting ALD NanoSolutions technology. She is very active in the nanotechnology community and currently serves on the board of directors of the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance. Karen has a proven track record in project management and research execution. She has received a number of academic awards including an NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Graduate Fellowship. She is an author of five peer-reviewed publications and is named inventor on two U.S. Patents. Karen received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University (1994) and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from CU-Boulder (1999).

Richard A. Canady
Senior Advisor, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Richard A. Canady is a leading expert in regulatory risk assessment and nanotechnology regulatory policy having led multidisciplinary teams of policy and technical experts in the resolution of a wide range of cutting edge health risk management issues over a 20 year career that includes genomics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, obesity, contaminants in foods and medical products (including mercury, dioxins, perchlorate, and acrylamide), and medical product development.

Mr. Canady has a breadth of experience and insight in government regulatory policy for health risk assessment from the executive level, integrating across product review centers for the FDA Office of the Commissioner and across Federal Agencies for the Executive Office of the President. His experience includes substantial international work, leading policy and technical analysis teams within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Health Organization, and the Food and Agriculture Organization as well as in direct bilateral interactions with major U.S. trading partners on chemical risk management issues facing FDA.

VINCENT CAPRIO
Executive Director, NY NanoBusiness Alliance

Mr. Caprio is the Vice President of the national NanoBusiness Alliance (www.nanobusiness.org) and sits on the Alliance's Board of Directors, as well as the Board of Directors of the Emerging Industries Alliance of New York State. In November 2008, Mr. Caprio co-founded The Water Innovations Alliance (www.waterinnovations.org) with Mark Modzelewski. Mr. Caprio is one of the foremost advocates for government funding of emerging technologies at both the State and Federal levels. Mr. Caprio has testified before the state legislatures of New York and Connecticut, and has participated in the NanoBusiness Alliance's public policy tour of Washington, D.C. for the past seven years. Mr. Caprio is the founder and event director of the 8th Annual NanoBusiness Alliance Conference (www.nanobusiness2009.com) being held in Chicago in 2009. During the past four years (2006-2009), Mr. Caprio was an invited speaker and guest lecturer on Nanotechnology at, NanoBusiness Alliance Conferences, New York State Investors Conference 2007 & 2008, University of Pennsylvania, PMI, Chemical Week, RPI, Always-On Going Green, IMAPS-New England, New York Photonics & RRPC, Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007, The Food and Drug Law Institute, The Nanotechnology Institute-Philadelphia, Empire State Pension Conference, Pharma MedDevice, Livingston Nanotechnology Conference 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008, Quantum Dots 2006 & 2007, 2008 MAC and The Water Innovations Conference (www.waterinnovations.org). In addition, Mr. Caprio has appeared on numerous Connecticut TV and radio stations discussing the impact of Water and Nanotechnology.

Mr. Caprio graduated from Villanova University in 1979 with a B.S in Accounting and completed a MBA from Northeastern in 1987. Mr. Caprio is a member of Villanova University's Financial Club and serves as an active member of Villanova's President Club. Mr. Caprio serves on the Board of Trustees for the Easton Community Center in Easton, CT. In the summer of 2008, Mr. Caprio was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Fabricators & Manufactures Association Communications, Inc. based in Rockford, IL.

TIMOTHY COLLINS
Co-Founder and President of Kleenspeed Technologies, Inc.

KleenSpeed was founded in 2007 and is located at NASA Ames Technology Park in Silicon Valley where it is engaged in R&D developing Electric Vehicle systems, components and the KleenSpeed Project, a 21st century Electric car.
KleenSpeed is developing technology and intellectual property in the NASA Ames Technology Park and is creating scalable EV systems and products. Components are tested using racing cars as a laboratory. KleenSpeed has the fastest EV race cars and believes that when these components and systems are scaled down to power street vehicles they will yield a 6x increase in drive time and mileage Timothy Collins lived in Denver until 1967 (moved to New York) started Collins Securities Corporation and the Denver Spurs Hockey team. He is a graduate of the University of Denver (Class of 1962).
Timothy Collins joined Security Research Associates in August of 2005 to expand SRA’s Capital Markets group.<
Timothy began his career in Denver working part time with Peters Writer & Christensen a NYSE Member while he was finishing his BSBA at the University of Denver.
When the firm was purchased by F.I. Dupont in 1963 he became a principal with a small NASD firm in Denver and a year later bought the balance of the firm and changed the name to Collins Securities Corporation (CSC).
CSC quickly gained a foothold in the institutional equity community by recognizing the private demand for Uranium created by the construction of numerous nuclear power plants. CSC expanded by opening offices in New York and Los Angeles.
The firm broadened its research to the mining, oil and technology sectors. The firm completed several public offerings and banking assignments which included the IPO of Sensormatic Electronics and the sale of Shakey’s Pizza Parlors.
In 1975 Timothy exited the securities business and formed United Mining Corporation (UMC) which focused on coal, gold and silver exploration and development. UMC’s corporate headquarters moved to Reno, NV and several projects were started in Virginia City, Carlin and Battle Mountain Nevada as well as Wenatchee Washington and Bolivia.
UMC purchased an oil and gas exploration company in British Columbia and became traded on the Vancouver Exchange and subsequently NASDAQ. The price of metals and economics caused the company to sell off the projects, which was completed in 1990.
Timothy spent two years consulting to Nevada and California businesses and returned to the institutional securities business with L.H. Alton in San Francisco in 1993, and joined Van Kasper & Co. in January 1994 as Head of Institutional Sales.
Van Kasper was purchased by First Security Bank and subsequently by Wells Fargo Bank. Wells Fargo Securities shut down Sales, Research and trading in August of 2005 which enabled him to join SRA.

DON EWERT, IH,
EH&S Manager, OSO BioPharmaceuticals Manufacturing, Chairman of the AIHA Nanotechnology Working Group

The year 2009' marks Don's 32nd year as a practicing Industrial Hygienist with a career start as Radiation Safety Officer for North Dakota's largest radioisotope user. During his tenure with North Dakota State University, Don completed his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and worked towards a Masters degree in Business Administration along with a PhD in Biochemistry. In 1985, Don founded HTI Laboratories and Industrial Consultants, an environmental engineering and consulting firm. This start-up venture gained national recognition and in 1990, the company boasted more than 100 EHS professionals working from 5 offices nationwide. As a leading field & laboratory services organization, HTI served some of our country's largest corporations as well as a Who's Who of institutional, industrial, and governmental cliental. Through HTI, Don oversaw environmental sampling of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, remediation of medical facilities at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, creation of the first EPA-NIST Certified Mobile Laboratory, and development of three major environmental laws involving health & safety. Following years as an expert witness in the area of forensic toxicology, Don accepted a position as Research Scholar in the Center for Environmental Toxicology & Technology at Colorado State University and furthered his graduate work in Environmental Health and Toxicology. Upon leaving CSU, Don began work with the Fort Peck Tribes of Northeastern Montana. There, he led the tribal nation toward satisfaction of a major consent decree, placed upon it by EPA-Region VIII. At the conclusion of this work, Don returned to Colorado where he served as the Environmental, Health, & Safety Manager for NanoProducts Corporation, a venture capitalized nanomaterials chemical manufacturer. In this position, he provided guidance to an anxious health community concerned about the potentially toxic effects of nanoscale compound exposures. More recently, Don joined OSO BioPharmaceuticals, formerly Catalent Pharma Solutions, in their New Mexico based corporate operations. With OsoBio, Don provides global EH&S management over FDA-cGMP Risk Programs and utilizes his vast industrial hygiene and environmental experience to create leading edge exposure control practices involving a wide range of potent pharmaceutical compounds. Don is also Chairman of the American Industrial Hygiene Association's Nanotechnology Working Group where his leadership skills are being used to benefit the professionals and public served by this important organization.

JOHN M. FINLEY II
CEO, MemPro Ceramics Corporatio

John M. Finley II is Chairman and CEO of MemPro Ceramics Corporation, a nanotech company with products for pollution abatement and chemical catalysis. MemPro has operations in Colorado and Ohio. Mr. Finley is a graduate of St. Lawrence University with a B.S. in Physics, the University of Rochester with an M.B.A. and the Quartermaster School of the U.S. Army from which he holds an honorable discharge. Before founding MemPro, he had a career in corporate finance and was CEO of Oxygen Enrichment Company (medical products) and Membrane Products Corporation (filtration products). He has collaborated with major research universities and national laboratories in product development and technology transfer Mr. Finley’s volunteer activities include being the founding president of the Chief Executives Network for Manufacturing (Albany, NY), vice President and president of the St. Lawrence Alumni Executive Council, trustee of St. Lawrence University, volunteer for the Snowboard Outreach Society and the Alpenglow Chamber Music Festival and choir member of the Dillon Community Church (Colorado) and The Chapel (Ohio.) He holds memberships in the Coalescence Filtration Nanomaterials Consortium, the American Filtration and Separations Society, the Ohio Venture Association, the Commerce Club of Akron, the ARCH Angel Network, the Professional Ski Instructors of America and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors. He is active in fitness, running, cycling, rowing, golfing, snowboarding, skiing, cooking, entertaining and interior design. Mr. Finley lives in Akron, Ohio and Copper Mountain, Colorado.

RICHARD E. FRANKLIN
Founder and Executive Director, Cleantech Open

Richard brings 35 years of CEO, COO, CSO, SVP level experience with corporations such as Reebok, Coors, Head Sports, Seven-Up, TCI, Nestle etc. His expertise is in strategic, organizational and process change which transforms ecological challenges into economic returns.
He has done sustainability work, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) projects, EMS (Environmental Management Systems), eco-strategies and brand positioning for organizations such as Merrick, Channel 9, Douglas County Schools, St. Mary’s University, Saunders Construction, Texas Business for Clean Air, etc.
Among his many community activities are United Way Denver, Children’s Museum, Renewable Energy Task Force, Audubon Society, Denver South Metro Chamber, Renewable Energy Taskforce, CORE, CleanLaunch Incubator, Earth Protect and Colorado Clean Tech Industry Association.
Richard earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; a Master of Business Administration from Dalhousie University, Halifax; and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Commerce degree from SMU, Nova Scotia in 1999.
In 2008, the South Metro Chamber awarded Richard the “Volunteer Leader of the Year” award.
He is an avid diver and has amassed over 1,000 dives in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, not to mention countless islands, archipelagos and fresh water lakes around the globe for the last 40 years. It has been this visual time capsule that has motivated him to make restorative changes to the planet going forward.

CLIFFORD "BUD" FRITH
Clean Room Standards Pioneer

Clifford "Bud" Frith is a pioneer in the original development of US and International standards for clean rooms and critical environmental facilities, ultra-pure analytical and process methods and nanotechnology sciences. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) and a Technical Editor of their Journal. Bud was a founder, CEO and Director of two successful Boulder start-up companies and has been a senior executive of several large public corporations. He is working with start-up companies in Colorado for renewable energy applications. Standards and Guidelines for Nanotechnology Sciences provide the basis for effective communications. The development of international standards is the responsibility of the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the US director of ISO activities. Technical Committees (TC) form working groups to prepare and maintain documents and many countries participate in the process. Member representatives are selected from industry, academia and government agencies. The ISO TC 209 has been active for several decades developing and maintaining the Environmental Controlled facilities (Clean Rooms) documents. Working Group 10 of this TC is preparing documents for planning, designing, construction, certification, and operation of Nanotech Facilities. Additionally, the safety factors are an important part of these documents. The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) is the Secretariat for ISO TC 209, headquartered in Illinois.

EVA HAKANSSON
Crew Chief and Rider, KillaCycle Electric Racing Team, Graduate Student, University of Denver

Eva Hakansson is an internationally known authority on electric vehicles. She is advisory board member at the Swedish equivalent of Department of Energy, she wrote Sweden’s first book about hybrid cars and has written numerous articles in the subject. She grew up in a family of engineers and has a broad background including business, environmental sciences and engineering. Eva built Sweden’s first street legal, highway capable electric motorcycle together with her father Sven Hakansson, a champion rider and motorcycle designer. Eva will ride this motorcycle, named “ElectroCat”, in the legendary Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb race in June. Now residing in Colorado, Eva and her husband Bill Dube’ are running the world’s most successful electric racing team out of their garage. They have the world’s quickest electric vehicle of any kind – the dragracing motorcycle “KillaCycle”. It has 500 HP and makes 0-60 MPH in less than one second. The newest addition to the stable is the electric streamliner motorcycle “KillaJoule” that Eva will run at Bonneville Salt Flats in September. When finished, KillaJoule will look much like an airplane without wings and easy do over 200 MPH, with the ultimate goal of 400 MPH. The composite body for the streamliner motorcycle will be designed as a graduate project under supervision of Dr. Maciej Kumosa at University of Denver. All these record-breaking motorcycles are powered by A123Systems Lithium Nano-Phosphate™ batteries. These enormously powerful batteries have taken electric vehicles into a completely new dimension. There is no longer any excuse for electric vehicles to be slow! Website: www.EvaHakansson.com

DR. MARK D. HOOVER, PhD, CHP, CIH
Health Physicist & Industrial Hygienist

Dr. Mark D. Hoover is a senior scientist in the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, in Morgantown, West Virginia. He is also coordinator of the NIOSH Exposure Assessment Program Portfolio. NIOSH is the leading U.S. federal agency conducting research and providing guidance on the occupational safety and health implications and applications of nanotechnology. Mark has a BS degree in mathematics and English from Carnegie Mellon University and MS and PhD degrees in engineering from the University of New Mexico. He is also board certified in the comprehensive practice of health physics and in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene. Mark has developed improved approaches, techniques, and instrumentation for aerosol characterization, generation, and control; served as chairman or a contributor to the development of many national and international standards; and is author or co-author of more than 150 open literature publications. Special emphasis areas for his work in nanotechnology include exposure assessment for nanoparticles in the workplace, development of a prototype Nanoparticle Information Library, and opportunities for applying performance-based occupational exposure limits or control banding approaches for nanotechnology.

JIM HURD
Director, GreenScience Exchange

Jim Hurd is Director of the GreenScience Exchange - www.greenscienceexchange.org - which is based in San Francisco. The Exchange has put on events in Silicon Valley, Washington, DC and in Beijing, China. It facilitates dialogue and action between start-ups, corporations, government agencies, universities, national labs and investors. Jim also founded the NanoScience Exchange, which was started in 2002. Jim worked with leaders in nanotechnology science and business to address key issues facing the commercialization and scale-up of nanotech products. Jim also heads the consulting firm Molecular Business Consultants. Since 1999, he has assisted leading start-ups in building strategic alliances with major corporations and assisting in the closing of key rounds of investment. Jim has also focused on the development of start-ups between China and the US, brainstorming with various companies and venture capitalists in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

A few examples of client relationships that Jim has worked with include:
- a breakthrough coal and biomass fuel cell company - putting together strategic alliances.
- a roll-up of disruptive materials based in London and backed by Middle Eastern investors - with deal flow for investment and acquisition.
- a leading nano lithium-ion battery company, based in Silicon Valley, to carefully track industry developments that affect the company's technology leadership, and to assist in strategic relationships and key hires as the company grew.
- for Apollo Diamond, the leader in producing flawless single-crystal diamond for gems and semiconductors - developing key strategic partnerships with leading corporations.
- for Natural Nano, a publicly traded nano-materials company using pleximers to develop breakthrough new solutions in industrial materials - putting together key strategic relationships, recruiting a Nobel Laureate as an advisor, and increasing the visibility of the company in major media.
- Jim worked with the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC to build relationships between several leading nanotechnology companies and a strategic pilot program in EPA. He has also put together industry think-tank events on nanotechnology commercialization in 2007 and 2004. - He worked with Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation in establishing strategic alliances.
- Jim consulted for Optiva, helping the company to close a substantial part of a $30 million venture investment.

Jim has spoken on "Realities of Start-up Commercialization" around the world including at the following events:
- at General Electric's R&D Facility in Shanghai, China.
- at the Micro-Nano Forum in Hainan, China.
- at the GreenScience Exchange think-tank session held in Beijing, China, 4/08.
- at the NanoBio Forum in New Delhi, India
- at the "Cleantech Demonstrations at the Upcoming 2010 Shanghai World Expo" in San Francisco, CA - put on by the GreenScience Exchange and KL Gates Feb, '10.
- at the "US-China Cleantech Reception" in San Francisco, CA - put on by the GreenScience Exchange and KL Gates July, '09.
- at the Clean Tech Institute in San Jose, CA.
- at the NanoColloquium in Austin, TX
- at the Emerging Markets Forum in Alexandria VA.

Jim was on the Steering Committee for Silicon Valley for "Cleantech for Obama" during the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign. He attended receptions at the 2008, 2004 and 2000 Democratic Conventions. He works with Senators, Congressmen and their staffers on Capitol Hill to develop technology and innovation initiatives. Jim has been a first and second round judge for 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Bank Development Gateway Awards in Washington, DC Jim authored the chapter, "Converging Technologies in Developing Countries" for the NSF book "Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance" published in May of 2004. Jim grew up in Washington, DC, where his father worked for the US. State Department. He graduated from George Washington University.

DR. MICHAEL J. KOSNETT MD, MPH
Occupational Physician & Professional Toxicologist

Dr. Kosnett has earned national and international recognition as a physician specializing in occupational and environmental medicine and medical toxicology. He has extensive experience in the design of occupational health surveillance programs and the clinical interpretation of complex toxicological data from groups and individuals.
He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Medical Toxicology, and the American Board of Preventive Medicine (in Occupational Medicine). From 2002 to 2004, he served as President of the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and has been a member of the Committee on Toxicology of the National Research Council, served as a consultant to the World Health Organization, the National Center for Environmental Health of the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Control, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
He serves as Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology at the University of Colorado Denver and Colorado School of Public Health and his private consultation practice includes the medical evaluation of patients with occupational and environmental exposure to hazardous materials.

F. MARK MODZELEWSKI
Technology Entrepreneur & Visionary

Mark is a seasoned technology entrepreneur, executive, investor and visionary, currently focused on developing several early stage ventures in cleantech and health 2.0.

Mark is the former managing director and co-founder of Bang Ventures, an investment firm focused on technology investments including Web 2.0, new energy innovations and medical devices. He recently launched You Be the VC, a groundbreaking entrepreneurial competition. He also co-founded New Europe Ventures, a Polish-based venture capital firm, as well as the Benet Group, Leonardo BioSystems, Lux Research and the NanoBusiness Alliance. He has served as a senior executive at NanoDynamics (and continues to advise the company), Opion, GolinHarris and NRW. In addition, he has consulted for companies ranging from NanoSys to Engelhard to Mastercard to Yahoo to eSpeed to Pixar to DaimlerChrysler.

Mark is a member of the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group to the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST). He was recognized by Forbes as a "powerbroker" and has been featured in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News, ABC, BBC, N.Y. Times, Business Week, Fortune and the Wall Street Journal, among others. Mark also appears regularly as a Fox Business News and CNBC technology commentator and on occasion serves as a co-host of SquawkBox. He was also a featured columnist for the Boston Herald's Hub 2.0 column.

Before entering the private sector, Mark was an appointee in the Clinton Administration developing policy, legal and communication strategy efforts on issues including Y2K preparedness, U.S. mortgage and banking systems, the online transformation and integration of HUD and FHA programs, digital divide efforts, biotech and organic food standards, and regional economic development programs. He is a graduate of the U. Denver College of Law (JD) and Boston U. (BFA, Painting). He is an avid supporter of the arts and also funds numerous animal charities, in particular pit bull rescue organizations and groups that combat breed specific legislation.

RYAN RICHARDS
Nanoscience Chair, American Chemical Society

Ryan M. Richards is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. He leads a research team investigating the application of nanostructured materials for Green Chemistry applications. In 2010 Richards was elected as Nanoscience Chair for the American Chemical Society, CSM associate site director for the Colorado Center for Biofuels and Biorefining (C2B2) and he has served as President of the Western States Catalysis Club since 2008. Since 2002, he has authored or co-authored over 50 peer reviewed papers, 5 patents and edited the book Surface and Nanomolecular Catalysis (2006) and co-edited Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry (2009) as well as the forthcoming Environmental Aspects of Nanoscale Materials (2011). Richards has also been a co-organizer for the ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy (2008-2010) at the Colorado School of Mines. Prior to his appointment at CSM, Richards was a faculty member at Jacobs University Bremen in Bremen, Germany (2002-2007), Max-Planck research fellow at the Max Planck Institute fuer Kohlenforschung (2000-2002), and a visiting scientist at the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis in Novosibirsk, Russia. Academic History: B.S., 1994, Michigan State University; M.S., 1996, Central Michigan University with Bob Howell; Ph.D., 2000, Kansas State University with Kenneth J. Klabunde; Postdoctoral Associate, 2000-2002, Max Planck Institute fuer Kohlenforschung (Germany) with Helmut Boennemann. Current Position: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. Significant Past Positions: Visiting Scholar, 1999, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk, Russia; Assistant Professor, 2002-2007, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany; Associate Professor, 2007, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. Significant Awards and Recognition: Graduate Research Award- Kansas State University, 2000; Max-Planck research fellow, 2000-2002; Member of international advisory board and plenary speaker for 6th IUPAC International Symposium on Novel Materials and their Synthesis conference; organizing committee for First International Conference on Catalysis for Biorefineries; Plenary speaker and international advisory board for RomCat 2010.

DAVID SKAGGS
Senior Strategic Advisor and Independent Consultant - Denver, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Congressman David Skaggs assists clients throughout the U.S. with governmental and legislative relations strategy at the state and federal levels. He focuses on the areas of education, science and technology, national security, environment and public private partnerships.
Prior to joining MLA, Congressman Skaggs served in the cabinet of Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Jr. as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education and of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. He was also the Governor’s appointee to chair the Colorado Higher Education Competitive Research Authority and as a Commissioner on the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. While at MLA, Congressman Skaggs will remain Chair of the Board of the U. S. House of Representatives’ Office of Congressional Ethics and a Member of the U.S. Public Interest Declassification Board.
Prior to joining the Ritter administration, Congressman Skaggs was Executive Director of the Center for Democracy & Citizenship at the Council for Excellence in Government and taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado. These positions followed his twelve years of service in Congress as a U.S. Representative from the 2nd Congressional District of Colorado and three terms in the Colorado House, the last two terms as Minority Leader.
In 2005, he co-chaired the War Powers Initiative, a bi-partisan project of the Constitution Project to re-examine the respective prerogatives and responsibilities of the three branches in addressing questions about the use of military force.
While serving as a U.S. Representative, Congressman Skaggs served eight years on the House Appropriations Committee and six years on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He was founding co-chair, with Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood, of the House Bipartisan Retreats.
Congressman Skaggs was a member the Secretary of Energy’s Task Force on Nonproliferation Programs in Russia (the “Baker-Cutler Task Force”) in 1999-2000 and in 1999 served on the Secretary of State’s Overseas Presence Advisory Panel investigating security and other issues affecting the State Department’s posts abroad.

DEAN RAHMAT SHOURESHI
University of Denver School of Engineering & Computer Science

Rahmat Shoureshi completed his MS and PhD degrees at MIT in 1981.  He was on the faculty of Purdue University (1983-1994) and was G.A. Dobelman distinguished chair professor and Vice-President for Technology Transfer at the Colorado School of Mines (1994-2003), as well as director of three research centers covering advanced technologies related to Advanced Electric Power & Energy Systems, Biomedical Engineering, and Robotics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence. He joined DU in Sept. 2003 as the Dean of SECS where he has pioneered several new educational disciplines and degrees including: Mechatronics Systems Engineering; Nano Science and Engineering; Game Development; and Bioengineering.  He has received several awards and lectured internationally.  He is a fellow of ASME, member of European Academy of Sciences, has over 200 technical publications, supervised 80 PhD and MS students, and holds several patents.  His over $22m research programs have been supported by industry and government agencies.  His areas of research interests include: Bio-mechatronics, automation and robotics, biomedical engineering, MEMS & NEMS, smart structures, intelligent sensor and actuator systems, and advanced monitoring and diagnostic systems.  He serves as a research lead liaison between US and Europe in the area of Advanced Sensor Technologies and Intelligent Structures.  He was the founding President of the Colorado Alliance for Bioengineering. He is the vice-chair of the Board for Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance.

STEPHEN WAITE
Author and Partner of Research 2.0

Stephen Waite is currently a partner at Research 2.0, a boutique research and investment strategy firm specializing in technology and portfolio advisory services. Steve is a noted institutional investment manager, strategic corporate advisor, professor and author, with 25 years of experience on Wall Street. He was a co-founder of a multi-billion dollar investment management firm. Steve has extensive experience in global economic and financial market issues with tenures at Morgan Stanley & Co, The Capital Group, Merrill Lynch, and CSAM/BEA Associates. In addition, he helped found ThelnfoPro, Inc., an independent technology research firm, and served as the company’s Chief Knowledge Officer and was on a member of the Board of Directors. A former highly-rated Adjunct Professor of Finance at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, Steve is the author of the book Quantum Investing and co-author of the book, Boomernomics. He has a Masters Degree in Economics from The Pennsylvania State University and is a past participant at the Santa Fe Institute.